Brief Life History of William Benjamin
When William Benjamin Durham was born on 28 July 1899, in Woodville, Tyler, Texas, United States, his father, John Baptist Durham, was 41 and his mother, Mary Ann Zarnah Keeth, was 37. He married Orie Maude Temple on 24 July 1920. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 2 March 1921, in Homer, Claiborne, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 21, and was buried in Homer, Claiborne, Louisiana, United States.
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Sources (7)
- William B Durham in household of John Durham, "United States Census, 1900"
- M B Durham, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
- William B Durham, "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949"
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World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered
"Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful ""oil boom""."
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Name Meaning
habitational name from the city of Durham, recorded as Dunholm in 1056 and Duram in 1297, named from Old English dūn ‘hill’ (see Down 1) + late Old English holm (from Old Norse holmr ‘island’).
variant of Derham .
English:
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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